are generally set in the fate that mankind will face after the outbreak of nuclear war, so doomsday movies are basically based on deserts and abandoned cities. Today I will share with you a unique doomsday movie-"Future Water World".
This is a doomsday movie that is far underestimated.
has a novel background and is one of the few doomsday movies that put future scenes on the ocean.
"Future Water World" puts the future above the vast sea. In the future in the movie, due to climate warming, the ice caps of the North and South poles melted, and the earth became a water ball, and there was almost no land. The remaining humans live on ships and in fortified atolls. This kind of setting is rarely involved in doomsday-themed movies. Doomsday-themed movies emphasize the survival battle between the remaining humans after the apocalypse, and expose and think about social, human nature and other issues through the cruel battle for survival. Therefore, the smaller the scene, the easier it is to control. The shooting of large scenes at least means the increase in cost and difficulty of shooting. "Future Water World" also has this problem. The beginning is a vast ocean, but as the plot progresses, all war scenes are placed on atolls, cruise ships, and sailboats.
The future water world
has played new tricks with the old shell.
In the 1970s and 1990s, the United States was full of doomsday speeches about the Cold War and environmental protection. According to this background, Hollywood shot a large number of doomsday movies. For example, the familiar "Mad Max" series. After "Future Water World" moved the doomsday scene to the ocean, it inevitably borrowed the mature doomsday system of doomsday movies. For example, the protagonist is a tramp, has a beautiful heroine, a relatively kind-hearted and separatist force, a tyrannical villain, a map that leads to the light, etc. These elements are all reflected in "Future Water World".
Newton once said, "The reason why I see farther than others is because I stand on the shoulders of giants." The use of mature movie system settings increases the stability of the movie story. After all, a movie is an investment, and the use of mature movie settings can greatly reduce risks. Innovation in the mature system will make the movie look creative and enhance the sense of substitution. In "Future Water World", the male protagonist is a homeless man driving a fast sailing boat and does not believe in the existence of land; the female protagonist is kind, has a sense of justice, and is intelligent and courageous; an atoll force acting as a maritime supply station; a maneuver to kill and plunder everywhere team. When you watch this "Future Water World" for the first time, a strong sense of familiarity and novelty coexist. The protagonist's skillful manipulation of extremely fast mechanical sailboats, the offensive and defensive battles between the atolls and the mobile team, and the villain's stronghold cruise ship can quickly attract your attention. When the hero's sailboat sets sail, there is also a transformer-like sailing process, which is very innovative. The male protagonist is a mutant who has evolved a gill, who is like a fish in the sea.
mechanical sailing
maneuver and atoll
When civilization disappears, natural resources will be the ultimate universal currency.
When civilization disappears, gold and jewelry can no longer serve as the universal currency for human civilization to measure. When the environment is destroyed and human beings are struggling to survive, the cherished natural resources that affect human survival will become universal currency and act as an intermediate currency for human exchanges.
In "Future Water World", because there is no land, the humans who wander on the sea all day long naturally use fresh water as a common currency. When sea wanderers go to the atoll for material exchange, how many units of fresh water are currently estimated at before any item exchange. Pure soil has become a scarce resource than fresh water. There are still equipment and methods for distilling and refining seawater to obtain fresh water. Without soil, planting would never be possible. This is undoubtedly the most direct irony of human destruction of nature. When we wantonly destroy the earth's environment, when we unscrupulously pollute water and land, have you ever thought that maybe someday in the future, our descendants will kill each other for clean fresh water and pure soil? When the order of human civilization collapses, no matter what level the civilization evolves, the way of survival will return to the state of the primitive age.
cherished water
life should always have hope, what if it is realized?
In the doomsday world, always hope to find a paradise. Just like the civilization era, people always hope for a paradise. In "Future Water World", what the surviving humans hope most is to find a land on which they can stand. The feeling of being down to earth isThe most practical feeling. There is a map to guide people to the land, and this map is tattooed on the back of a little girl. To snatch and protect this little girl becomes the main line of the story.
After hard work, the protagonist and his party finally found the land recorded on the tattoo, which is a small livable island with fresh water resources and rich vegetation. Whether in the heyday or in the end, there should always be hope in my heart, as long as I work hard, I will always realize my dream.
A paradise
dream is always a besieged city, people outside the city want to go in, people in the city want to come up.
The end you think of must not be the end. When the group finally reached the island of their dreams, the hero did not stay. When he saw the remains of the little girl's parents, perhaps he understood the intention of the parents when they sent out their children. When you own land, fresh water, and plants, you will lose eternal freedom. Unless you choose ease, how can the splendor of life allow you to stay for a while.
finally left, driving his sailboat towards the unknown ocean. Maybe he will come back, but he will always belong to the sea.
"Future Water World" scored 7.3 points on Douban, and its box office was not satisfactory. This is an underrated doomsday movie. The novel setting, environmental protection concept, and good special effects are all worth spending some time to watch this unique doomsday movie.
